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5 Health Care Checkups for Your Child Before School Starts
July 26, 2022 — Summer isn’t quite over yet, but it’s almost back-to-school season. For parents, this means that it’s time to make a list of all the things your child needs for the new school year. As you begin to shop for new notebooks, pencils, binders, and clothes, don’t forget your child’s school-related health checklist. Now is the time to schedule appointments and beat the rush, as health care providers are usually busy just before the school year begins. TRICARE provides several clinical preventive services for children... MORE

7 Questions to Help You With Your Next PCS Move
July 12, 2022 — Will you be embarking on a permanent change of station move this summer? This can bring big adjustments for you and your family. However, whether you’re moving stateside or overseas, your TRICARE coverage will move with you. Still, you need to be prepared... MORE

Retirement on the Horizon? TRICARE July 21 Webinar Is For You
July 7, 2022 — Planning for your retirement can feel as overwhelming as it is exciting. So when it comes to knowing about your health care options, TRICARE has a webinar to help you navigate this new phase of life. Register for the July 21 webinar, “What Happens to Your TRICARE Coverage After Retiring?,” from 1-2 p.m. ET... MORE

Make sure your child takes right TRICARE plan to college
June 29, 2022 — For many parents, summer is a time of preparation, as they help their children get ready to move away to college. For your child, it might be their first time away from home. Will they have health care if they get sick or injured? Fortunately, your child’s TRICARE coverage will stay with them in college if enrolled full-time and meeting eligibility requirements... MORE

Ask the Doc: Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion -- what's the difference?
June 28, 2022 — Dear Doc: During a recent run in the hot weather, I started to feel dizzy and got a headache. Could this be heat exhaustion or heat stroke? Can you please explain the difference between the two so that my buddies and I can learn ways to prevent heat-related injuries in the hot weather?... MORE

Q&A: Understanding the updated Autism Care Demonstration
June 15, 2022 — Since 2014, the Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration has provided Applied Behavior Analysis services to TRICARE beneficiaries diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The ACD has gone through many updates over the years. The goal of these updates is to provide the best possible care to cover clinically necessary and appropriate ABA services for ASD. Also, ABA services are just one of many TRICARE benefits available to children with ASD... MORE

TRICARE fact sheet helps people find the right dental plan
June 1, 2022 — Want to get the most out of your TRICARE dental coverage? Remember that dental coverage is separate from TRICARE’s medical coverage. Your dental coverage is based on who you are. So, it’s important to know the difference between plans. To learn what each dental plan offers and whether you qualify, you can start with the TRICARE Dental Options Fact Sheet... MORE

Tips for talking to your kids about current events
May 31, 2022 — Military families have a unique connection to war, regardless of when or where it occurs. For military children – who know that their parents regularly train, prepare, and deploy for military missions as part of their job – current events can cause stress and anxiety. Streams of media images and reports about troubling news events can be outright scary. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rocio Romo, public affairs specialist at Space Launch Delta 30, spends quality time with her son at Cocheo Park on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. We celebrate Month of the Military Child in April to celebrate military children whose parents serve the United States. (Photo: U.S. Space Force Airman 1st Class Kadielle Shaw)

TRICARE answers questions about baby formula
May 24, 2022 — The shortage of baby formula is having an impact on millions of families. This includes military families living in the U.S. and overseas. It’s important you know what TRICARE does and doesn’t cover. Here are a few questions and answers about infant formula coverage to help... MORE

How does TRICARE change when you retire from active duty?
May 10, 2022 — Many active duty service members, or ASDMs, may eventually retire from their branch of the uniformed services. If you’re an ADSM, are you prepared to make the transition to civilian life?... MORE

Airmen Salute During the National Anthem

Get answers to pharmacy questions at TRICARE May 19 webinar
May 4, 2022 — Do you have questions about your pharmacy benefit? Maybe you want to learn more about your options for filling your prescriptions or resources to help make managing your prescriptions easier... MORE

10 TRICARE health care terms you should know
April 29, 2022 — Have you recently come across a health care term and weren’t quite sure what it meant? It’s OK. Health care coverage is full of terms you may not know. To help you better understand your TRICARE benefit, here’s a list of commonly used health care terms and definitions... MORE

Do you need all 4 parts of Medicare for TRICARE For Life?
April 13, 2022 — Do you have Medicare, or will you soon be eligible to enroll? Medicare has four Parts: A, B, C, and D. It’s important that you understand how each part differs and which parts you’ll need for TRICARE For Life, or TFL... MORE

How to prevent, treat traumatic brain injuries
March 31, 2022 — According to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, nearly half a million service members have been diagnosed with a first-time traumatic brain injury, or TBI, since 2000... MORE

How referrals work with your TRICARE Prime Plan
March 24, 2022 — Are you enrolled in a TRICARE Prime plan? Then you have a primary care manager, or PCM, to handle your basic primary health care services. But what if you need specialty treatment, like from a cardiologist to evaluate a possible heart problem or a dermatologist to check a mole that’s changed? In that case, your PCM needs to submit a referral for you to see a specialist... MORE

Getting TRICARE coverage for your new child
March 22, 2022 — Welcoming a new child into the family is a joyous event. But there’s also much to do, and much to learn, especially for first-time parents. How will you handle your new child’s health care coverage? As a TRICARE beneficiary, what’s the best way to extend your coverage to your baby?... MORE

Learn about tobacco and your oral health
February 28, 2022 — There’s a great deal of scientific information that proves using tobacco products is seriously harmful to your health. Nicotine products can increase your risks for cancer of the throat, lungs and stomach. Also, tobacco products can negatively impact your oral health in several ways... MORE

What to know about preventive dental care
February 15, 2022 — These days, it can be easy to forget to make an appointment to see the dentist for a routine checkup. Maybe you brush twice and floss every day... MORE

Dentist demonstrates proper brushing technique

Dental health is essential for warfighters, military readiness
February 11, 2022 — To help service members understand the importance of healthy teeth, some dentists use military-style terminology. Tooth decay is an "enemy you are fighting" and you need to "execute a plan to eliminate that foe," said Air Force Col (Dr.) Robin Fontenot, a consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for expeditionary dentistry... MORE

U.S. Air Force Major Rachael Parrish, 20th Dental Squadron general dentist, performs an oral exam on Airman 1st Class Amie Bickford, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions technician at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, March 13, 2017. Airmen assigned to the 20th DS are tasked with ensuring airmen and soldiers on base meet all dental class requirements for deployment (Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs).

Public Health nurses offer insights on living with COVID-19 now, looking into future
January 28, 2022 — One of the more challenging jobs for any public health professional is dealing with unpredictability inherent in outbreaks like the current COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

As the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s March 11, 2020, COVID-19 pandemic declaration approaches, there are a number of questions on the minds of public health professionals and the public. While nobody can speak with 100 percent certainty, the vast majority of public health experts, including those at the Army Public Health Center, agree the future will likely involve a new normal, rather than a return to a pre-COVID-19 world. (U.S. Army Pubic Health Center graphic illustration by Joyce Kopatch) (Joyce Kopatch)